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Jim Oberstar Despite pact, few blacks at Coast Guard school
Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary ...
Minnesota Farmers Union holding annual convention
The Minnesota Farmers Union is holding its annual state convention this weekend in Minneapolis. ...
Job creation on the agenda
Quick action to stimulate employment and halt rising unemployment will be the next agenda item before Congress adjourns for Christmas. Leaders in both ...
House votes to strengthen chem plant security
The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack. ...
Ill. Rep. Hare wants Mississippi levees raised
U.S. Rep. Phil Hare has presented a congressional committee with 7,000 signatures seeking higher Mississippi River levees. ...
Mass. gov. credits stimulus with 23,000 jobs
Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday that the federal stimulus program has created or saved more than 23,000 jobs in Massachusetts since February. ...
Deal struck on Great Lakes ship pollution
Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that would effectively exempt 13 ships that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes ...
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